Nazmul recalls bittersweet time

Outgoing Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Tuesday admitted that dealing the International Cricket Council in different situations was the most challenging task for him over the past four years.
The four-year tenure of the board of directors of BCB formally ended on Tuesday with Nazmul terming his experience as bittersweet.
‘When I got elected, the first major challenge was keeping the World Cup [ICC World Twenty20 in 2014] here because the political situation of the country was unstable at that time,’ he told reporters at BCB headquarters. 
‘We had to negotiate with ICC to secure the hosting rights. We had to face a challenge of keeping our Test status. At that time our performance in Test was poor and many people wanted our Test status to go. We had to tackle it,’ he said.
Nazmul said playing series in India was his one big success as Bangladesh did not get an invitation from them for 17 years. 
‘We actually opened a door by playing the match in India because in the upcoming Future Tour Programme of ICC we have full series in India,’ he said, referring Bangladesh’s one-off Test in India in February. 
National team’s success, especially in ODI format was another big success for him, said Nazmul. 
‘We reached into the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup, qualified for the Champions Trophy and secured the place in the semi-final of the tournament. I also want to mention some historical victories in home series against India, Pakistan and South Africa. We never it did before against such big opponents,’ he said. 
‘Even though we are still struggling in Test format, some win against England, Australia at home also proved our improvement. We beat Sri Lanka in their home soil which was also a historical achievement.’
Nazmul regretted his inability for form Regional Cricket Associations and take Tigers to fifth in ODI ranking 
‘I will put the Regional Cricket Association in my first preference list if I get reelected and will try to take the national team to fifth in the ranking. I wanted to do it in my last tenure but failed,’ he said.  

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